I've been composing lately. This is something that I wanted to do as a teen. Back then, I was really into The Beatles (later, Duran Duran) and played guitar more than piano. But even though some good chord progressions came…

It was a love-filled trip even before I boarded the plane. This is a photo of me with my nephew, Jusan.

My nephew and his wife met me where I dropped off my car in Orlando, and then they drove…

I just recorded one of my favorite solo arias from one of my favorite choral works: the “Domine Deus, Rex coelestis” from Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria. At last, I can sing it as a soloist. What do I mean by…

What is music? Johann Sebastian Bach said this in his Instruction on the Thorough-Bass (General Bass): "The ultimate end and final reason of all music should be none other than but the glory of God and the refreshment of…

What do you do for the love of it? Do you even know? I, myself, sometimes wonder if I’m engaging in an activity on autopilot or whether it’s something I truly love to do.

For instance, I juggle. I learned…

Has your life ever felt like this?:

“Now! Now!” cried the Queen. “Faster! Faster!” And they went so fast that at last they seemed to skim through the air, hardly touching the ground with their feet, till suddenly, just as…

Can it really be the end of November already? The year seemed to be taking its time when we were in the midst of summer, but now I'm starting to feel the whoosh of Time as we head into the…

For those who are new to my journey, one accomplishment that still makes me smile is that I can honestly claim to be a bestselling author. The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera topped Amazon's charts in…

As you must know by now, I'm a huge fan of Lewis Carroll and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and I credit the Tim Burton film, Alice in Wonderland, with sparking my creative and spiritual reawakening. 

One of my…